Not sure where VW is going with Golf SV

I have to admit I am a little nonplussed by the arrival to the car market here of the new Volkswagen Golf SV. Replacing the old Golf Plus, which did not sell well, the SV (it is called the sports van in Europe) is something of a curiosity.

Volkswagen never did a Golf MPV in the same way Ford produced the hugely successful Focus C-Max. The Golf Plus was based on the Golf platform of the time, but that meant for restrictions as to how big they could make it. Nevertheless the German giant does produce the five or seven seat Touran and with it and the Golf Plus, appeared to have a reasonably satisfactory blend of models for the family market.

However the arrival of the Mk 7 Golf and its accommodating MQB structure - which has allowed VW and sister companies Audi, Skoda and Seat build a whole host of different models - gave the company an opportunity to build a true Golf MPV - the SV.